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T. SHAW.

Cartridge Feeder.

Patented. nec. 21,V 1869.

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Letters Patent No. 98,198, dated December 21, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT. IN CARTRIDGE-FEEDERS FOR GUN -HAMMERS The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and seeking part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS SHAW, of the city and county of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented anew and improved Method of Feeding Cartridges to the Cylinder of Shaws Gunpowder-Hammer; and I hereby declare the lblloxving to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing` a'nd to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in the feeding of cartridges to the gun or cylinder of' said gunpowder-hammer, by means of motion derived from the falling hammer, in

the manner and for the purpose as hereafter described.-

Tbe object vof the invention is to feed the cartridges rapidly.

In order to enable others touse-aud practise my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

On reference to the accompanying drawing, which form part ofthe specification, the sketch represents a vertical section through the centre ot the apparatus, of which a is the base, secured to which is the tube b, slotted throughout its length, to form guides for the reception of hammer c and cylinder or gun d. Said cylinder l is bored on its upper end, for the reception of plunger or lower end of hammer c.

The tube f is secured at its lower end, at k, to cylinder d, and is provided with a screw-cap, m, and is intended tocoutain a number ot' cartridges,.l,' and has a dat plunger, o, moving through a slot in lower end of tube f, said slot being equal in thickness to one of the cartridges, and said 'plunger o is thrust through said slot, by means of lever e', having its fulorum at s. The upper end of' said lever t slides upon a cam, g, of hammer c, on the descent ot said hammer c, which pushes a cartridge out of tube j; by means of plunger o, with sufiicicnt force to throw the same into gun e, and on the entering of plunger h into the gun, the powder is exploded, (by virtue oi' the contraction of the air container] therein,) when the hammer is thrown violently upward, releasing the lever t from the cam g, permitting the spring n to force out plunger o, so as to allow the fall of another cart-ridge to the bottom of tube f, in front ot' plunger o, that it may be pushed out ofthe tube into the gun by the descent of the hammer, as before described.

The cap mis to enable the insertion of the cartridges in tube f, and a spiral spring can be employed to keep the cartridge down in place.

lt will be observed that the tube f need not be in the precise location shown, and that the plunger o can be operated by levers and cam-rods in various positions, without any alteration in the result.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

The combination ot the cartridge-tube f with the cylinder d, plunger o, levert', and cam g, opemted in the manner substantially as and for the purpose set fort-h.

THOMAS SHAW. [la S.]

Witnesses:

E. COBB, ELIAS J. SHAW. 

